Combined game apparatus and cigar-cutter



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ELMER J. HAVERLY, OF SAYRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED GAME APPARATUS AND CIGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,130, dated October6, 1896.

Application filed February 3, 1396- Serial No. 577,848. No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER J. HAVERLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sayre, in the county of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined GameApparatus and Cigar-Cutter, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention has for its object the cornbination, in an ornamental case,of a game apparatus and cigar-cutter.

The game apparatus is of that class wherein a wheel or disk carryingdistinguishing marks upon its periphery, such as die-faces orplaying-cards or numbers, is given a whirling motion, some one of thedistinguishing marks appearing by chance opposite an opening in the casewhen the disk comes to rest. At the same time that the disk is set inmotion a cigar-cutter attachment is operated to out the end from a cigarplacedin an appropriate opening in the end of the case.

It is a further object of my invention to so construct the gameapparatus that it may be disconnected from the driving mechanism andremain stationary while the cigar-cutter is operated; also, to so attachthe disk upon the driving-spindle that by tipping the case in the rightdirection the disk may be slipped entirely out of sight, an inclinationof the case in the opposite direction bringing the disk into view againand ready to be acted upon by the driving mechanism. I also providemeans whereby the distinguishing marks upon the periphery of the diskwill always properly register with the opening in the case when the diskis at rest.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing the externalappearance of my device. Fig. 2 shows a slide to cover the top openingin the case. Fig. 3 shows in perspective the internal mechanism tooperate the disk and cutter-blade, and Figs. 4 and 5 are details ofconstruction referred to more particularly hereinafter.

I have shown for illustration a case A in the form of a barrel with anopening a for the cigar-cutter in one of the heads where thebung-opening would come; The barrel rests upon legs I) and is providedupon the top with an opening a, with which register the distinguishingmarks upon the periphery of the disk. The slide (shown in Fig. 2) fitssnugly in dovetail grooves in this opening a and shows flush with theexterior of the case when it is in place.

J ournaled in sockets in the heads of the barrel is the spindle 0, uponwhich is loosely mounted the disk (I, having its periphery marked torepresent, in this instance, a suit of playing-cards. A ratchet-wheel eis rigidly attached to the spindle, and a pawl f, pivoted to the disk atg, engages the teeth of the ratchet-wheel. The pawl rests upon the pinh, which prevents it from pressing inwardly farther than the bottom ofthe ratchet-teeth. The spring 11 pulls the pawl in against theratchet-wheel. This spring is fastened in the post j and has its freeend bent around the pin on the outer end of the pawl f, (see Fig. 5,)the pawl and ratchet-wheel being held the proper distance away from thedisk to allow for this arrangement. When the pawl is turned around tothe left upon its pivot g, by pushing on the finger Z the pin is andpivot g will be brought into direct alinement with the pull of thespring '5, so that the springs leverage is destroyed and the pawl willremain out of mesh with the ratchet-wheel until pushed inward again.

A second ratchet wheel or pinion is attached to the spindle at m. A pawln, provided with teeth to mesh with the teeth of this ratchet wheel orpinion, is hinged at 0 to the inner end of the push-rod p and isprovided with a weight g and a cut-away portion n. The push-rod extendsupward through a thimble r in the top of the case and is kept fromturning therein by a pin-and-slot connection. The spring 3, fastened tothe bottom of the case at t,presses upward upon the push-rod. A coiledspring it has one end fast to the spindle and the other end attached tothe side of the case,

as at o. The blade 10 of the cigar-cutter is fastened eccentrically tothe spindle and slides across the opening a when the spindle is turnedto the right." This blade is provided with a projection w, which comesup against a pin at, extending inwardly from the head of thebarrel-case, as shown.

In operation the push-rodp is pressed down, causing the pawl n to moveto one side. This drives the spindle around and causes the cutter-bladew to pass across the opening a, at

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the same time winding up the coiled spring it until the teeth of thepawl are pushed out of the teeth in the ratchet-wheel m, and the cutawayportion 01 allows the spindle to be turn ed back rapidly by the spring16 until stopped by the projection 20' coming against the pin or. Thebackward motion of the spindle acts through the ratchet-wheel e and pawlf to give the disk a rapid Whirl in the same direction. Theratchet-wheel e is provided with as many teeth as there aredistinguishing marks upon the periphery of the disk, and the spindle isstopped in such a position that when the disk comes to rest and the pawlfis pressed in upon one of the ratchet-wheel teeth some one of the saiddistinguishing marks will be brought into proper alinement with theopening a. When the push-rod is released, the spring 5 presses itup-ready to repeat the operation. Two holes are located upon the underside of the barrel, one just back of the cigar-cutter, through which thecigar ends may fall, and the other in front of the disk, through whichthe pawl f may be reached to throw it away from the ratchet-Wheel 6 whenit is desired that the disk should remain stationary.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a device whereby the disk may be slipped back outof sight. This is attached upon the back face of the disk, that is, theopposite face to that shown in Fig. 3, and consists of a spring y, thefree end of which presses into a groove 2 in the spindle of the samewidth as the spring and having its rear side a little beveled. IVhen thebarrel is turned on end and jarred a little, the spring will slip out ofthe groove and allow the disk to fall against the head of the barrel,where it will remain until the barrel is tipped in the oppositedirection. When in the first position, the spring running in the groovewill keep the disk in place. The pin it stops the pawl from turning in,so as to prevent the disk from dropping back into place after it hasbeen slid to one side.

As has been said, the periphery of the disk may be marked with anydistinguishing characters which it may be desired to expose by chanceopposite the opening a, and the number of divisions upon the disk mayalso be varied. I may also use more than one disk, as, for instance,five, for throwing pokerhands.

I am aware that it is not new to combine a game apparatus with acigar-cutter, and I am also aware that I am not the first to construct agame-wheel of this type to be actuated by push-bar and ratchet-wheelmechanisms; but in none of the devices with which I am acquainted isthere a snap action such as mine, whereby the disk is given a rapidwhirl independently of the manner in which the pushbar is manipulated.

hat I claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a casing, a spindle journaled therein, a diskloosely mounted upon the spindle and having its periphery marked with aseries of distinguishing marks, a ratchet-wheel rigidly attached to thespindle, a spring-pressed pawl pivoted to the face of the disk engagingthe ratchet-wheel, a pushrod connected with the spindle to give it aturn in one direction and then release it, and means substantially asdescribed for giving the spindle a backward turn when released whereby arotary impulse shall be imparted to the disk.

2. The combination of a casing, a spindle j ournaled therein, a diskloosely mounted upon the spindle, a ratchet-wheel and pawl arranged toimpart motion from the spindle to the disk, a coiled spring having itsends attached to the spindle and to the casing, and means substantiallyas described for rotating the spindle to wind up the spring and forreleasing the spindle so that the spring may act to turn the spindlebackward and give a rotary impulse to the disk.

3. The combination of a casing, a spindle journaled therein, a diskloosely mounted upon the spindle and having its periphery marked with aseries of distinguishing signs, a ratchet-wheel and pawl arranged toimpart motion from the spindle to the disk, means for turning thespindle in one direction, a coiled spring for turning the spindle in theopposite direction to give motion to the disk when the spindle isreleased, and a stop device attached to the spindle, said stop deviceand ratchet-wheel being so arranged relatively as to cause some one ofthe distinguishing signs upon the periphery of the disk to register withan opening in the casing when the disk comes to rest.

4. The combination of a casing, a spindle journaled therein, the disk dmounted upon the spindle and adapted to be driven thereby,

the ratchet wheel or pinion m rigidly attached to the spindle, apush-rod 11 passing through a hole in the casing and prevented fromturning therein, a pawl n coupled to the inner end of the push-rod andfree to swing therefrom against the ratchet-wheel, the pawl bein gprovided with teeth to engage the ratchetwheel and a blank portionbetween the teeth and coupling-point to release the spindle when the rod19 is pushed in, and a spring acting to throw the push-rod out.

5. In combination, a driving-spindle, adisk loosely mounted upon thespindle, a ratchetwheel rigidly attached to the spindle and apawlpivoted to the disk and adapted to engage the teeth of theratchet-wheel, said pawl being extended outwardly from its pivotpointand provided with a pin to which is hinged the free end of aspring i sothat when the pawl is turned sufiiciently away from the ratchet-wheelthe spring will cease to act upon it, and the pawl will remain out ofengagement with the ratchet-wheel, the disk then remaining unaffected bythe turning of the spindle. 6. The combination of a casing, a spindlejournaled therein, means for driving the spin dle, a disk looselymounted upon the spindle, a ratchet-wheel and pawl arranged upon oneside of the disk to impart motion from the spindle to the disk, a groovein the spindle upon the opposite side of the disk, and a spring attachedto the disk and engaging said groove substantially as described and forthe purpose set forth.

7. The combination in acasing A provided with the openings at and a, ofthe spindle c journaled in sockets in the heads of the easing, disk 01of the character described loosely mounted upon the spindle and actuatedthereby through the pawl f and ratchet-wheel 6, a ratchet Wheel orpinion m secured to the spindle and driven by the weighted pawl n andpush-rod p, the spring 8 for returning the push-rod and pawl to place,the spring 11 for giving the spindle a backward turn when the cut-awayportion 41 of the pawl n releases the ratchet-wheel m, and a cutterblade20 adapted to pass across the opening a secured to the spindle as shownand provided with a projection w adapted to strike against a pin a: tolimit the backward motion of the spindle, the pin m and ratchet-wheel 6being so arranged relatively as to cause some one of the distinguishingmarks upon the periphery of the disk 61 to register with opening a, whenthe disk comes to rest.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ELMER J. HAVERLY. W'itnesses:

HoLLIs H. MILLS, EUGENE DIVEN.

